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Từ điển Việt Anh Việt 4in1 - English Vietnamese 4 in 1 Dictionary
nick
I.nick1 /nɪk/ BrE AmE noun [Date: 1400-1500; Origin: Perhaps from nock 'small cut in the end of a bow for the string to fit in' (14-20 centuries)] 1. in the nick of time just before it is too late, or just before something bad happens: Luckily, help arrived in the nick of time. 2. in good nick/in bad nick etc British English informal in good condition or in bad condition: It’s an old car but it’s still in good nick. 3. [countable] a very small cut made on the edge or surface of something 4. the nick British English informal a ↑police station II.nick2 BrE AmE verb [transitive] 1. British English informal to steal something SYN pinch, steal: Someone’s nicked my wallet. nick something from somebody/something You nicked those pens from my desk. 2. to make a small cut in the surface or edge of something, usually by accident: He nicked his hand on some broken glass. 3. British English informal if the police nick you, they catch you and charge you with a crime SYN arrest: You’re nicked! • • • THESAURUS ▪ steal to illegally take something that belongs to someone else: The thieves stole over £10,000 worth of computer equipment. | Thousands of cars get stolen every year. ▪ take to steal something – used when it is clear from the situation that you mean that someone takes something dishonestly: The boys broke into her house and took all her money. | They didn’t take much – just a few items of jewellery. ▪ burgle British English, burglarize American English [usually passive] to go into someone’s home and steal things, especially when the owners are not there: Their house was burgled while they were away. | If you leave windows open, you are asking to be burgled. ▪ rob to steal money or other things from a bank, shop, or person: The gang were convicted of robbing a bank in Essex. | An elderly woman was robbed at gunpoint in her own home. | He’s serving a sentence for robbing a grocery store. ▪ mug to attack someone in the street and steal something from them: People in this area are frightened of being mugged when they go out. | Someone tried to mug me outside the station. ▪ nick/pinch British English informal to steal something: Someone’s nicked my wallet! | When I came back, my car had been pinched. ▪ embezzle to steal money from the organization you work for, especially money that you are responsible for: Government officials embezzled more than $2.5 million from the department. ▪ shoplifting stealing things from a shop by taking them when you think no one is looking: Shoplifting costs stores millions of pounds every year. ▪ phishing the activity of dishonestly persuading people to give you their credit card details over the Internet, so that you can steal money from their bank account: Phishing is becoming very popular with computer criminals.
nickhu◎ | [nik] | ※ | danh từ | | ■ | nấc, khía | | 〆 | in the nick of time | | ✓ | đúng lúc | | 〆 | the nick | | ✓ | trại giam, nhà tù | ※ | ngoại động từ | | ■ | cắt, nấc, khía; làm mẻ (dao) | | ■ | cắt gân đuôi (ngựa cho cụp xuống) | | ■ | bắt kịp (xe lửa...); chộp, bắt quả tang, tóm đúng (kẻ trộm, kẻ cắp...) | | ■ | đoán trúng (sự thật) | | ■ | gieo (súc sắc) trúng số to | | ■ | (từ lóng) ăn cắp, xoay | ※ | nội động từ | | ■ | (nick in) chặn ngang (chạy đua) | | ■ | (nick with) giao phối (động vật) |
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